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OMB Asks Agencies to Plan for 5% Reductions in FY17
Although Congress is just beginning the process of working to enact fiscal year (FY) 2016 appropriations for federal agencies and programs, agency officials are beginning their work on the FY 2017 budget request. In a memo from Shaun Donovan, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), federal agencies have been advised to prepare their FY 2017 budget proposals with a five percent reduction below the net discretionary total provided in the FY 2016 President’s budget request.
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Why it Might Finally Get Easier to Access Public Data
Congress is looking into legislation that would make state and local data more accessible. Recently, California Rep. Darrell Issa previewed legislation that would standardize how data is reported at the state and local level.
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Workforce Data Explained
WDQC is launching a series of short videos that highlight how states are using education and workforce data to advance their skilled workforce and better align with industry demand. In this first video, Neal Gibson, Director of the Arkansas Research Center, explains his state’s Career Pathways Initiative and the vital role administrative data play in improving the career prospects of Arkansans.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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BEA Launches Tools for Analyzing Economic Growth
The Bureau of Economic Analysis plans to launch two new statistics that will serve as tools to help businesses, economists, policymakers and the American public better analyze the performance of the U.S. economy. These tools will be available on July 30 and emerge from an annual BEA process where improvements and revisions to GDP data are implemented.
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Visualization of the Week
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Religious Landscape Study
The 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study is based on telephone interviews with more than 35,000 Americans from all 50 states. This interactive tool complements the first release, which focuses on the changing religious composition of the U.S. and the demographic characteristics of U.S. religious groups. For example, users can view the size of the different religious groups in the country, see the percentage of each state?s population that is affiliated with various religious groups, track changes between 2007 and 2014 among religious groups, geographic areas and demographic groups, and choose a religious group in the U.S. and compare its demographic characteristics to those of other religious traditions.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
NON-PROFITS & FOUNDATIONS
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APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (July 20, 2015)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
- U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes (July 14, 2015)
Census Bureau
- Current Population Survey, Basic Demographic Items (June 17, 2015)
- Current Population Survey, Basic Demographic Items (June 18, 2015)
- 2020 Decennial Census Residence Rule and Residence Situations (July 20, 2015)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (July 20, 2015)
National Center for Education Statistics
- 2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) Full Scale Institution Contacting And Enrollment List Collection (June 18, 2015)
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